Abandon Quote by Nate Parker

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our best with…

— Viola Davis

Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest…

— Jewell Jackson McCabe

Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a…

— Derrick Bell

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room…

— Brian Tyree Henry

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once…

— Jesse Jackson

Black people in the US are told all the time, from all aspects, that they're nothing, that they're less than. And of course that…

— Jesmyn Ward

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that…

— Steven Biko

For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is…

— Wynton Marsalis

[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on…

— Denzel Washington

To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.

— Lena Waithe